The Science Fiction Horror Books That Still Keep Me Up at Night
Last Tuesday I was sorting through my home office – well, what my wife generously calls an office but is really just where I pile...
Themes & Analysis
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Why Different Types of Sci-Fi Hit Us Where We Live
I was digging through my old storage boxes last weekend, looking for my slide rule (don’t laugh, I still use it sometimes), when I stumbled...
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Sci-Fi Romance (And Why You Should Too)
So I’m sitting in my apartment last week, controller in hand, taking a break from testing this tedious puzzle platformer that’s been eating my brain...
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Why I’m Actually Impressed by Apple TV+’s Sci-Fi Shows (And You Should Be Too)
I’ve been keeping tabs on Apple TV+’s sci-fi lineup since they launched, and honestly? They’re doing something that actually makes me excited about television again....
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Steam-Powered Spaceships and Clockwork Time Machines
There’s this moment in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” where Captain Nemo adjusts a brass valve, steam hisses from somewhere deep in the Nautilus, and...
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Why Most Space Art Looks Fake (And How I’m Trying to Fix It)
So there I was, probably three years ago now, scrolling through some concept art for yet another Mars colonization project when it hit me –...
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When Robots Fall in Love and Time Travelers Kiss: Why Sci-Fi Romance Hits Different
You know that feeling when you’re watching two people fall in love while reality itself bends around them? I’m talking about those moments when the...
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Three New Sci-Fi Shows That Actually Get It Right (And Why That’s Rarer Than You Think)
My phone buzzed at 2:47 AM last Tuesday—fallen asleep with my laptop on my chest again, terrible habit but occupational hazard when you spend all...
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When Bruce Willis Actually Cared About Science Fiction (And When He Really Didn’t)
There’s this thing that happens when action stars wander into science fiction territory – they either discover something unexpected about themselves as performers, or they...
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Why These Recent Sci-Fi Films Actually Matter (And I’m Not Just Being Pretentious)
I was debugging the same stupid UI glitch for the fourth hour straight last Tuesday when my roommate cranked up *Dune: Part Two* in the...
